Kanchanpur, July 9 -- Around 300 houses have been inundated in Salghari and Bagbani areas of Bhimdutta Municipality in Kanchanpur due to incessant rains for the past two days. Several places in Mahendranagar, the district headquarters of Kanchanpur, have also been waterlogged due to poor drainage system.

"As many as 60 families in Ward No. 18 of Bhimdutta Municipality have been displaced after the rainwaters entered their homes," said Deputy Superintendent of Police Amar Bahadur Thapa.

According to him, water levels in these settlements started receding from Wednesday afternoon.

"Almost all the houses in the Salghari area have been flooded. We are planning to keep the displaced families in the under-construction building of Sudurpaschi...